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diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi index 0ea8a4f0a19..6be5a528372 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/files.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi @@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ An error is signaled if @var{directory} is not the name of a directory that can be read. @end defun -@defun directory-files-recursively directory regexp &optional include-directories predicate +@defun directory-files-recursively directory regexp &optional include-directories predicate follow-symlinks Return all files under @var{directory} whose names match @var{regexp}. This function searches the specified @var{directory} and its sub-directories, recursively, for files whose basenames (i.e., without @@ -2940,6 +2940,9 @@ instance, if it's not readable by this user) are ignored. If it's neither @code{nil} nor @code{t}, it should be a function that takes one parameter (the subdirectory name) and should return non-@code{nil} if the directory is to be descended into. + +Symbolic links to subdirectories are not followed by default, but if +@var{follow-symlinks} is non-@code{nil}, they are followed. @end defun @defun directory-files-and-attributes directory &optional full-name match-regexp nosort id-format |